upheaval

音标[ʌp'hi:vl] 读音

汉语翻译

n. 举起, 隆起, 大变动, 剧变

英语解释:

名词 upheaval:

  1. a state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally)
    同义词:turbulence, Sturm und Drang
  2. a violent disturbance
    同义词:convulsion, turmoil
  3. (geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building)
    同义词:uplift, upthrow, upthrust
  4. disturbance usually in protest
    同义词:agitation, excitement, turmoil, hullabaloo

例句:

  1. The prediction or expectation of cataclysmic upheaval, as in political or social developments.
    巨变的预测如在政治或社会发展中对剧烈变动的预测或预期
  2. The French Revolution was a volcanic upheaval in European history.
    法国大革命是欧洲历史上的火山爆发。
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